The Naira, Thursday, appreciated to N359.5 per dollar in the parallel market.

LAGOS—THE National Association of Nigerian Railway Senior Citizens, NANRSC, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the rescue of the association due to the ongoing demolition of its quarters by the Management of the Nigerian Railway in connection with the China Civil Engineering Corporation.

Human rights  awyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said no state in Nigeria was fighting corruption, noting that  only Kano State has an anti-corruption commission.

The President-General of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, worldwide, Olorogun Moses Taiga, has called on Urhobo people of Delta State to be vigilant and vote for only candidates who will protect Urhobo interest and work for the progress of the Urhobo nation.

The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said accused President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party of allegedly cutting a deal with the governors of Zamfara and Katsina to “capture” the states. Atiku also said he welcomes “whatever reasonable measures the Federal Government takes to put an end to the needless loss of lives and property in Zamfara and Katsina States,” but warned that “imposing emergency rule in the two states can only address the symptoms rather than the cause of the current security crisis facing the North West states.”

THE leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, led by Oweilaemi Pereotubo, has denounced media report credited to its spokesperson, Daniel Dasimaka that “Ijaw youths have decided to throw their weight behind the behind the second term ambition of President Muhammad Buhari.”

The former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that now that the governor of Katsina State has cried that his state is under siege by armed robbers and kidnappers he hopes that President Muhammadu Buhari will stop playing the ostrich.

Saudi Arabia’s attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday.

The National Democratic Front (NDF), a civil society organization, has condemned several moves to stop the proposed nationwide Operation Python Dance III exercise by the Nigerian Army. The group said it is important to separate politics from real issue that would better the nation. NDF through its Secretary General, Dr. Bolaji Abdulkadir said the action […]

The Senior Special Assistant to Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications, Segun Dipe, has described the immediate past governor of the State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, as someone suffering from a personality disorder, which is narcissistic in nature, and which makes him have an inflated sense of self-importance.

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has directed CCECC, the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, to complete the Iju-Agbado section of the project in two weeks.

A faith based group in the Niger-Delta, the Niger Delta Young Christian Forum (NDYCF), has warned that failure to conduct the Operation Python Dance in the area would imply that elections will not hold there. Spokesperson of NDYCF, Evangelist Celestine Paul Akokari, gave the warning in Warri on Wednesday and further explained that the operation […]

PRESIDENT General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Nnia Nwodo has told Nigerians to hold the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Federal Government responsible should anything happen to the nation’s democracy.

The Edo State Government has issued fresh alert to residents in the state following report of outbreak of the disease in other parts of the country, exacerbated by bush burning and other activities that drive rats from the wild into people’s homes.

Amina Zakari has been appointed as the head of election collation centre for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the 2019 elections.